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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-07-28

THOSE WHO LEAVE THE CITY during the sum.
mer can have THE STAR mailed to them for any
length Of time, at the rate Of 80 cents per month
and the address changed as often as desired
ss- The requisite amount Of money must in e0ch
case QccOnpQnu the order.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-07-28

OFFICE OF THE RIGGS FIRE INSUR-
V~A ANCE &C MPANY.
WASHINGTON, d. c., July 21, 1887.
semi annual dividend of three (3) per cent has
been declared the CaIital Stock, payable at the
othce OF the Company, 1881 st. w.. and after
at the close OF business on July 26 inst
August l, both days inclusive
BY order of the Board Of Trustees
FRANCIS B. MOHUN,
JySl-dtaul Secretary
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-12
INTERSTATE COMMISSION.
Judge Cooley on the Limited Powers o
the Commission-The Haul Struggle,

Judge Cooley on the Limited Powers of
the Commission-The Haul Struggle,
New ORLEANS, May 3.-The Interstate
Commission met here yesterday. Judge
Cooley in opening the proceedings said {:
1T may be well to state at the outset that
the scope of our authority in the promises
is very much limited and we do not purpose
to go beyond it Our Investigations are
under the act, but they are not for any pur-
pose of questioning the propriety, justice
or expediency of that legislation On the
other hand, all that has been settled for US,
and we are here simply for the purpose of
determining the question whether. in pur-
suance of that legislation, We shall, in cer-
tain isolated cases which have been brought
to our attention, make exceptional orders
which shall give relief in these cases from
the ordinary operations of the law. That
is all we purpose to do, and all we have
any authority to do"
The Commission then heard large Num-
Der of petitions for and circumstances
against the enforcement of section of the
law. The citizens of Shreveport, La, pre-
scented petition saying that If the fourth
section were enforced against the Texas &
Pacific road the business of the city would
be destroyed, and w. w. FINLEY, general
freight agent Of the road, cOrrOborated the
statement, saying that the city depended
almost entirely on distant cities for its sup
ply, and that competition between the
steamboat lines Of the Red river and the
railroad had been very sharp, causing the
railroad to reduce rates.
James Crandall, merchant OF Shreve-
port, said that previous to the passage of
the Interstate Commerce bill Shreveport
was getting cheap rates to Kansas City, st.
Louis and other points in Kansas and Mis-
souri,, but since its passage rates have
advanced one hundred per cent
The New Orleans Chamber of Commerce,
Sugar Exchange, Merchants and Manufac-
turers' Association and Mechanics, Deal
ers and Lumbermen's Exchange presented
petitions calling for an enforcement of the
law, and testimony was given in support Of
the request.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-12
KNIGHTS OF LABOR CRISIS.
Increasing L ffficultIes Between the Execu'
tive and New York Assemblies.

Increasing L ffficulties Between the Execu-
tive and New York Assemblies.
NEW YORK, May TT. b. Mcclure and
Thomas Barry, of the general executive
board Of the Knights of Labor, will be in
this city Tuesday next to meet the local
officials of the order with a view of settling
the increasing difficulties in this city and
Brooklyn. Master Workman Powderly has
become alarmed at the condition of affairs
here. He does not control the general ex-
ecutive board, but Mcguire and others of
that body fear the effect of a public
manifesto with Powderly's name attached
to 1t, and have yielded to his wishes. Mcclure
and Barry, however, will settle matters
pretty much as the all powerful Home Club
desires. AS matter of fact u crisis in the
affairs of the Knights is close at hand.
Powderly realizes it when it is just too
late that the rule or ruin policy of District
Assembly 40 has already resulted in dis
crediting him, and that it will end in the
Reorganization of the order to which he is
so firmly attached. The 1900 Knights IN
Brooklyn are in open revolt, and will pay
no money into the general fund until they
are granted a charter for Montauk Assem-
bly,. District Assembly 81, 10000 strong
and composed of the printing
trade, has openly espoused the cause
of the Brooklyn men. The full significance
Of the latter's action is not generally I'm
derstood. 1t was threatened with suspen
sion for it's interference. However, if 1t
went out OF the order, it would take with
it the 10000 men belonging to district as
sembles in the East, aside from 49, and
thus wreck the order Then the wire pull
.rs on the general executive board called
halt and appointed the committee to arbi
trate. The committee will probably meet
at the Aston House.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-12
THE DEADLY MINE.

An Exploring Party Breaks Into the Ma
naimo Mine-Dead Bodies Found In All
Directions.
NANAINO, B. c., May THE exploring
party that went down yesterday morning
broke through into the mine and discov
cred the dead lying in all directions. All
hope is now given up of saving any OF
them. Thirty-fve bodies were recovered
from the mine. The fire is still burning,
but is under control. The mine is owned
by the Vancouver Coal Company, of Lon
don, England. The latest investiga-
ton shows that 101 whites and eighty
FIVE Chinese were in the mine at the
time Of the explosion, At two o'clock the
body Of Michael Lyons was found on level
No. !, 100 yards from the hosting shaft.
He was mule driver about eighteen years
old, and was found at his station, near q
dead mule. The corpse was taken to
school house where he lies, terribly burned
about the face and breast. His face is
black from the effects of the gas. His
father is still in the mine. A cave-in evil
IDENTITY occurred just beyond where he was
lying After the strIctest inquiry it is
learned that there are forty-seven widows,
most Of whom have large families. The
Cinnamon met last night and made ar
engagements for burying their country
men. Some of them refused to place
the dead in cofins and had to be compelled
TO do so. The stores stin continue to be
closed and little business Is being done.
Most Of the men are from Cornwall, York
shire and Wales, and few are from Nova
Scotia The fearful character of the ex-
plosion can not be exaggerated. Over 100
children orphans have already been count
cd. The progress of subduing the flames is
proceeding rapidly and it is thought that
all danger of a second explosion is over.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-12
Earthquake.

ALBUoUERUE, n. NJ, May An the old
town people were terror-stricken and many
of the natives feared a new eruption from
an extinct crater near here. Court was IN
session in the new court house, occupied
for the first time yesterday. Those in the
court room thought the structure was about
to fall and stampede was made for the
doors. The judge hurriedly adjourned the
court and the officials joined in the rush.
The shock appears to have been general
throughout the Southeast. Reports indi-
cate that it was moro severe 1T Ell Paso
than here. At San Marcial two distinct
shocks were felt and the alarm was gen.
eral. At Lake Valley, 2OO miles south, two
shocks were distinguishable. Vibrations
east to west continued aud time reported at
R.12
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-12
M'GIYNN AGAIN.

Rev. Father MaIone's Opinion of the Case
of the Apostle OF Henry Georgia. HInx
to the Church.
New YORK, May 4-Rev. Father Syl-
vester Malone, pastor Of St Peters and
st. Paul's Church, Brooklyn, has denied
the truth of several alleged interviews
recently printed purporting to give his
views on the case of DR.. McGlynn. He
stands now in the same position as he oc-
cupied when the matter first became
known. In a letter to Pope Leo XIII
some time ago, Father Malone SAID that
DR.. McGlynn was the best known priest
in America; that his in1u-
ence was far-reaching and was
one whom to censure would
put back the church in America half a
century. He told the Pope that nothing
could blight the future of the church in
this country more than any act OF eccle-
siastical authority that might raise the
question of the rights OF the citizens.
Such action would bring about state OF
public sentiment antagonistic to the hest
interests of the church. He stated that
the charges against DR.. NcGlynn raised
this question of right of the citizen. Amer
lean Catholics would believe that civil
liberty was trodden down in the person OF
DIR. McGlynn, should Rome sanction his
removal from st. Stephens. His case,
Father Malone added, ought to be consid-
cred apart from the part he took in the
George movement, unless the church con-
demned the principle upon which that
movement was based and taught, whichlt
has not The letter concluded with an
eloquent appeal TO his Holiness to continue
DR.. Mc9lynn in the pastorate of St StePh-
ems, and the expression OF the belief that.
the judgment Of the Pontiff would preven'
a great scandal in the city of Now York.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-12
EFFECTS OF The QUAKE.
A Ranchman's Strange Experience-Herd
ers Found Dead.


ers Found Dead.
ALBUQUERQUE, n. n, May 7-Cimbres
Mesa, seventy-tve miles west of Albu-
buerque, on the Atlantic & Pacific railway,
is rugged upland occupied by countless
fiocks Of sheep which arc cared for by
herders who follow their focks day and
night unseen by the owners for weeks at q
stretch. On Tuesday Hubert Gonzales,
Q large sheep raiser, rode over the
plains to inspect his focks, reaching
the Mesa at $3.50 p. m, and climbed to
the top Of high rock to scan the country
in search of his herders. At that moment
the sky become overcast; a low rumbling
sound seemed TO approach from the south
west, and then a slight tremble shook the
rock upon which he was perched, followed
Immediately by q loud report and severe
shocks which made the rock sway to and
fro like ship at sea. He was overcome by
a deadly sickness which almost caused him
to fall FROM the rock. Recovering, he
started by the path he had climbed, but
found the rock had been rent in twain,
leaving q fissure ten feet wide,
which accounted for tho report he
had heard. He managed to regain the
ground, and remounting his horse rode rap
idly in search of his herders. Gonzales
found some of tho sheep scattered and bleat-
ing with fright, but no herders were in
sight. A short distance further on he was
Mortified by finding the body Of one of the
men stretched upon the ground, dead. The
other two he found mile away, both dead,
but the bodies bore no mark of violence or
! injury of any kind, and they were scarcely
cold, the flexibility OF their limbs indicat-
ing that death had oyertal<en them all
ithf thn fran bot hn2
been in the Mesa. The only plausi-
BILE theory that could be formed as to the
cause of their death was that the extreme
fright caused by the terrible convulsions of
the elements, which he himself had wit
messed, had killed the three men at the
same moment. The expressions OF their
faces, which bore the impress of fright and
terror, sustained this theory, and it is be-
lieved that these three men were perhaps
the only human victims Of the great south
western earthquake.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-12
ANOTHER DISASTER.
Terrible Marine Disaster Reported on the
Coast of Newfoundland.

Coast Of newfoundland.
BosroS, May A St. Johns, Newfound-
land, special says: THE first news reached
here yesterday afternoon of an appalling
marine disaster that occurred at the south
west point of Channel Harbor, to the east
ward Of Cape Race, late Saturday night
Shortly after midnight the inhabitants OF
the neighbOring shore were aroused from
their slumbers by the sound Of steamship
horn fastening to the edge Of the water
they peered through darkness, rain and
fog to locate the position Of the
blowing steamer. Presently rockets were
observed to shoot up toward the heavens
In rapid succession, showing that an
unknown craft was in need of assistance
The vessel was only about 400 Yards from
land, but heavy gale and = tremendous
sea prevented boats from being sent TO the
rescue. Torches and tar barrels were
burned along the beach, and bells were
sounded in order to give the imperiled peo-
pie an idea of their position, but beyond
this it was absolutely impossible to make
any attempt to aid the vessel. The signals
made on the shore could be seen on board
the vessel. Heartrending cries from those
in distress were borne in on the gale
About 2:30 o'clock, two hours after the
alarm was first given, the ship made a
plunge and disappeared beneath the
sea The storm continued till day
break, when it subsidized sufficiently
TO allow boats to put of 10 the scene
Of the nights catastrophe. Plenty OF
wreckage was found floating about
from which tho Inflated steamer was
found to be the John Knox. Captain
Brolly, from Glasgow, bound for
Quebec, with a cargo of iron, liquors and
bricks. The bodies Of the captain and five
of the crew have been recovered, one Of the
latter having been identified by a certifi-
cate OF discharge found in his coat pocket
as that of Fireman John ACQUIRE. AS the
steamer had a crew of about thirty, there
are over dozen bodies still missing. The
John Knox WAS a steamer Of 1,a5l tons
register, built at JarrOw in 1888 She was
owned by Neil Mclean, of Glasgow.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-12

JOHN J. CoRNELIsoN who assaulted
and cowhided Judge Reid. causing the
latter to suicide, and who was SEN
fenced to Jail for three years, was re-
leased May on writ of habeas cor
pus by Magistrate Stofer, of Louisville.
Ky. The magistrate decides that the
old common law of England and Vir-
ginia. upon which the imprisonment of
Cornelison was predicated. does not
enter into the statutes of Kentucky.
Lawyers say that Stofer has placed
himself in contempt of the Court of
AnnealS.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-12
A Valuable Invention,

MHADvILLB, Pa, May DIR. c. c. Car
roll, of this city, after years of experiment
ing, has discovered a method by which
aluminium can be cast, soldered and weld
ed 1t is claimed by metaIlurgists and
artisans that this is very valuable inven-
ton, since it insures the use Of aluminium
for many purposes on account of its ex-
treme lightness, strength and non-oxldiza-
ton by exposure. 1t is already success
fully employed in the manufacture of
dental plates, for which it is apparently
admirably adapted. In the course Of his
experimenting DIR. Carroll believes he has
also discovered the law governing the dis
Indignation Of iron stringers employed in
the construction of railroad bridges.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-12
RebelIiOus Practitioners.

NEW YORK, May AT a crowded meet
ing Of tho parishioners of DR.. McGlynn's
church last night some very strong Ian
guage was used. McGlynn's suggestions
of an American Pope with plug hat was
applauded and the name Of Cardinal Glib
bons mentioned to I'LL the bill. John Ora
ham, the editor Of one of the Catholic pa
pers, denounced Bishop Loughlin, of Brock
lyn, as one of the friends and accomplices
Of the most blackguard ring of plunderers
which ever disgraced a CITY. He also said
American flag would be run up free Of
Pope or Propaganda.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-12
Shit for Big Money.

buffalo, ". Y, May 5-Summons ana
complaint were filed yesterday morning
In the suit Of Henry B. Homins agalns1
W.R. Vanderbilt, Alva E. Vanderbilt, ms
wife, AID others. The plaintiff com plains
that on or about March 81. 1885, the de-
PENDANT the New York, Chicago g 81
Louis railway, delivered TO the plaintiff a
note. wnercby it promised to pay on ms
ordo, or demand the sum Of $50, 900 and
interest- The Vanderbilts and franklin
d. Locke, trustees to secure the payment
If the note. delivered a mortgage on
property situated in the counties OF ERE
and Chautauoua, State Of New York
The plaintiff demands judgment
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-12
JET DaxI. and WoIsetey.

NEW ORLEANS, May 7.-Jeferson DAMS
has written a review Of General Wolseley's
life Of General Lee" and it will be
printed in tomorrow mornings papers.
He takes exception to many Of the English
Generals statements, and, while not find
ing fault with the superlative opinion Of
General Lees military ability expressed in
the book, he shows very plainly that he
considers General Wolseley's criticisms Of
other Southern leaders unjust and unwar-
rantable. The review Is written in a very
caustic style, and contains interesting mat
ter in the way Of estimates Of the relative
value Of the services Of the Confederate
leaders.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-12
STILL UNSETTLED.
The Situation Between France and Ger
many Still Critical.


many Still Critical.
NEW YORK, May A London cable
saws; m. Schnaebeles has retired upon
his laurels, refusing the diamond cross of
the Legion Of Honor, which the readers of
In France were subscribing to purchase for
him. AS regards the further consequence
of the incident, particularly the forcible
Germanlzation of Alsacc-Lorraine, my
Paris correspondent writes this morning,
as follows: without attaching to inflated
articles OF French papers the i'm
portance they do not possess or
deserve. it is hardly TO DO ex
pected that the French people will indefi-
nitely look on with composure, while their
former countrymen are being dragooncd
out of the country or being GermaniZed at
the swords point. Thus an uneasy feeling
continues to prevail Though the danger
of immediate war seems averted, it can not
be said that there exists any thing like firm
confidence in the maintenance Of peace, if
the armed truce now existing can be so de-
scribed. / learn that there is great cffer
vescence throughout Alsace. If an insur-
rection against Germany were to break out
there is no doubt it would be soon sup
pressed. But who would be rash enough
to anticipate what effect it would have on
Francen
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-12
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

CLEARIS G house returns for week ended
May showed an average increase of III
compared with the corresponding week of
last year. In New York the increase was
81
SEVEN lives were lost on the Sth at New
Orleans during colored baptizing. large
crowd was assembled on the wharf when
the railing gave way, precIpitating many
into the water with the fatal results NEIL
toned.
THE steamer La Champagne, of Havre,
France, was run into recently by the steamer
Vile De Rio. The collision caused panic
among the Italians on board the Champagne,
who made a rush for the life boat and
caused it to capsize, thirty-ive of them be-
ing drowned in addition to three sailors
who had tried to prevent the rush.
EUROPEAN financial centers were dull
during the week ended May7.
THE lumber yard of Abraham Steers in
the Harlem district, N. Y, was burned the
other night and stock valued at about $780,
0oO was destroyed. The insurance was
81, OO0
PARTIES arriving on the Monterey train
report that great fires are raging on the
summit of the mountains in many places
on both sides Of the road in Arizona
THE earthquake Of May at the town Of
Bahispe in the district Of MOnteZums,
Sonora, Mex, caused the death of 150 per-
sons.
DAVID s. FoTHERINGHAN, the express
messenger charged with robbery and &C
Quilted at st. Louis, has sued the Adams
Company for So, 600 damages.
THE grand jury at Minneapolis, Mimi, on
the 9TH returned two indictments against
violators Of the prohibitory law, F. Guis-
niger and E. and l.. Crosby. The jury dis
agreed on the former case, but he Is in
jail and will have another trial this term
THE total number Of persons known to
have persisted in the mine disaster at
Nanaimo, B. C., was 1S9, of which 81 were
Chinese and l05 whites. More than half Of
the white men left families.
WILLIAM PATRICK, United States District
Attorney during President Grants admin
iistration, and a prominent member OF the
bar, died on the 9Th of softenIng Of the
brain.
AT Floyd, West Carroll Parish. La, re-
Gently, a mob seized Richard Goodwin and
Grace Blantou, both colored, and hanged
them for robbing the store Of A & a n.
Barne.
Two hundred houses in the town Of Macy
Kawly, Austria, have been destroyed by
fire.
QUEEN VIcroRIA's jubilee was celebrated
in Teheran, Persia, recently, with I'M
wonted splendor.
IT is positively denied in Paris that France
has concluded an alliance with other Euro
pean powers.
TIE Russian Government has imposed
heavy import duties on all iron from other
lands, whether manufactured or not
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-12
Fall Rroun n Rullding.

CHICAGO, May Seth II. Murdough.
manager Of the Boston Oyster House, fell
from the roof Of the building corner OF
Clark and Madison streets, in which the
restaurant is situated, yesterday afternoon
and was instantly killed. the body being
horribly mangled. Murdough is supposed
to have gone TO the roof to examine pipe
and to have accidentally fallen on, but
there are some indications Of suicide or MUIR
der. On the roof was found a pistol with
one chamber empty, and there are also
prints of hand wet with blood along the
edge Of the roof. One story is that Muir
dough was followed to the roof by some
one and killed. The revolver has not been
identified.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-12
Senator s,,rm.n.. Narrow Escape.

NEW YoRK, May "A World dispatch
from Key West, F.s., says that the rumors
TO the effect that Senator sherman and
his party narrowly escaped being kid
naped by outlaws in Cuba seem to have
some foundation The Key West Equator
says It has private advice from Havana
indicating that the plot was well laid and
failed Of execution by the Senator's party
leaving a certain plantation i've minutes
before the banditu made their appear
ance. Although the Senator had with
him body OF the civil guards, the rob-
bers were in sufficient force to overpower
them and bear the entire party prisoners
to the mountains, where they would be-
held for ransom
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-12

G. B. MASON and wife, of New Or
leans, have arrived at Louisville, KY,
on their tricycling tour, having covered
distance of nearly two thousand miles
at an average of thirty miles per day.
When they left their Louisiana planta-
ton, Mrs. Mason was suffering with
rheumatism, but not twinge of it now
remains. The route taken was up the
west side of the Mississippi, the return
Journey will be down the eastern side.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-12

THE Court of Claims at Washington
has rendered decision in the case of
the State of Louisiana against the
United States. This was suit brought
to recover seventy thousand dollars of
swamp land indemnity and five per
cent. funds which had been offset
against like amount due the Govern
ment on a direct tax levied in 1861.
The court held that the tax was not a
debt of the State, but of the land own
ers against whom it was assessed, and
consequently could not be set of
against the debt due the State.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-12

A BULKY envelope containing sixteen
hundred dollars in currency was re-
ceived through the mail recently by
one of the reform members of the
Board of County Commissioners at
Chicago. Inclosed with the bills was
slip of paper bearing the inscription:
''1his money belongs to Cook County"
it was supposed that the amount was
part of the proceeds of one of the noted
Doodle operations now being dealt with
by the courts.